Pitt freshman basketball player Dior Johnson pleaded guilty Friday to two misdemeanors and received one year of probation for a domestic violent incident from Sept. 5.
Johnson pleaded guilty to charges of simple assault and strangulation. The strangulation charge originally had been a felony but was reduced to a misdemeanor in his plea deal. He also had previously been charged with felony aggravated assault, unlawful restraint and false imprisonment, but those charges were dismissed in October.
Prosecutors had sought two years' probation for Johnson, but he received one.
“He did hurt the victim in multiple ways,” Deputy District Attorney Mike Sullivan said, per the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.